Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum CommissionBureau of Archives and HistoryPennsylvania State Archives

RG-47
Records of the County Governments (Microfilm Copies)
Bedford County, Prothonotary
RECORDS OF NEGRO AND MULATTO SLAVES, 1780, 1798

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The entries are arranged chronologically by the date the slave was registered.

This register documents slaves held in Bedford County. Information provided by
each entry generally includes name and occupation of slave owner; slave’s name,
age, and length of servitude; the classification “negro” or “mulatto,” and the
date registered

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